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MINUTES <br /> <br />City of Arden Hills <br />1245 West Highway 96 ▪ Arden Hills Minnesota 55112 <br />Phone 651.792.7800 ▪ Fax 651.634.5137 <br />www.ci.arden-hills.mn.us <br /> <br />FINANCIAL PLANNING & ANALYSIS COMMITTEE <br />Tuesday, February 25, 2020 <br />6:00 P.M. <br />Upstairs Conference Room, Arden Hills City Hall <br /> <br />CALL MEETING TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL <br /> <br />The meeting was called to order by David Radziej at 5:58 pm. <br /> <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: David Radziej; Arlene Mitchell; Steve Scott, Council Liaison <br />MEMBERS NOT PRESENT: <br />OTHERS PRESENT: Fran Holmes, Council Member; Gayle Bauman, Finance Director; Todd Blomstrom, Public <br />Works Director/City Engineer <br /> <br />Call to Order <br /> <br />1. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA <br />Motioned: Arlene Mitchell <br />Seconded: David Radziej <br /> <br />2. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES <br /> Motioned: David Radziej <br /> Seconded: Arlene Mitchell <br /> <br />3. NEW BUSINESS <br />First order of business was to swear in David Radziej and Arlene Mitchell. <br /> <br />A. Recreation Programs Review <br /> <br />Finance Director Bauman distributed information to those present. The information included <br />2015-2019 revenue history by course, 2019 financial information for Recreation Programs, history <br />of personnel allocations to Recreation Programs, job descriptions and past Parks and Recreation <br />Guides. There was discussion on the change in demand for different types of programs and how <br />all communities are struggling. <br /> <br />Arlene talked about how some volunteers end up having their company make a donation to the <br />Arden Hills Foundation which eventually flows back into the city Recreation Programs as a <br />donation/scholarship. <br /> <br />There was concern raised over the allocation of personnel costs to Recreation Programs. The <br />recreation employee FTE’s have increased from 1.15 to 1.90. Is this allocation correct? City staff <br />will review job descriptions and report back on where the allocations should be based on current <br />work load and where they would like the job descriptions and allocations to be in an ideal <br />situation. <br /> <br />There was also discussion about if the fee schedule should be looked at to better accommodate <br />families with multiple kids in a program. Arlene mentioned that families with multiple kids in <br />programs are where the biggest need is for scholarships. <br /> <br />The fee schedule cannot be discussed until we have a better handle on personnel allocations. <br /> <br />The committee set a future meeting for Tuesday, March 24, 2020, at 12:00 pm.